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The Lifetime Achievement Award

To then-Appropriations Committee Chairman Mark Hatfield (R-Ore.) whose 1997 total of $103,781,000 adds up to a grand total of $509,111,000 since 1991.

 

 

The Grapes of Wrath Award

For a $500,000 grant to a viticulture consortium to enhance U.S. grape farming.

 

 

The CAGW Hall of Shame Award

To Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), who has helped bring home $718,073,000 in bacon bits to his home state since 1991.

 

 

The Frito Bandito Award

For a $473,000 grant to study human nutrition research including low-fat snack foods.

 

 

The Flower Power Award

For a $250,000 grant to study floriculture in the state of Senate appropriator Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii).

 

 

The Deep Six Award

For $12,000,000 to the National Undersea Research Program.

 

 

The You Debt Your Life Award

To the $4,000,000 Gambling Impact Study Commission.

 

 

The Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Award

For $17,900,000 for military construction planning and design at unspecified world wide locations.

 

 

The We’re In It Deep Award

To the $2,000,000 International Fertilizer Development Center.

 

 

The Lost In Space Award

For $15,000,000 to the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Project in Alaska.

 

 

The Bi-Partisan Porkers Award

To Vermont tag-team porkers, Sens. Jim Jeffords (R) and Pat Leahy (D) for trapping $16,662,000 in pork.

 

 

The Corn Hustlers Award

To “dueling” Iowa appropriators Tom Harkin (D) and Jim Lightfoot (R) for delivering home $30,159,000 in order to get elected to the Senate.